The Insect Farm by Stuart Pebbles

Creepy describes both the physical environment and the plot of this suspense novel that serves up five dead bodies and Continue reading →

Cementville by Paulette Livers

On the opening page of this amazing novel, seven black hearses roll down the highway toward the small  Kentucky town Continue reading →

Murder In The Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough

Nero Wolfe lives. Although Rex Stout, creator of the popular series, died in 1975, the iconic investigator continues to thrive Continue reading →

Masie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

The Maise Dobbs mystery series is ten books-strong. This, the first, introduces the intrepid young woman who pulls herself up Continue reading →

Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

Private investigator V.I. Warshawski is strong and smart, and she needs both brawn and brains to solve this complex and Continue reading →

Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman

The title of this mystery makes you want to curl up in front of a roaring fire but the suspenseful Continue reading →

Devil in the Hole by Charles Salzberg

News of a horrific crime prompts the question: how could someone do that? In the cleverly-crafted Devil in the Hole, Continue reading →

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

With his vintage novel Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith captures the gray, soulless behemoth that was the once mighty Soviet Continue reading →